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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Navy to get amphibious dock ship USS Arlington

LPD-17 classThe Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will be based at the Norfolk Navy base.

USS Arlington is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in December 2011. It will be the eighth in the San Antonio class of ships, a group that ultimately will replace 27 ships from three amphibious-ship classes now in service.

U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) said the decision announced Tuesday reinforces the strategic importance of Norfolk and affirms its place as the preeminent Navy town on the East Coast.

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